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Autor/inn/en | Speyer, Lydia Gabriela; Brown, Ruth Harriet; Camus, Lorna; Murray, Aja Louise; Auyeung, Bonnie |
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Titel | Alexithymia and Autistic Traits as Contributing Factors to Empathy Difficulties in Preadolescent Children |
Quelle | In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52 (2022) 2, S.823-834 (12 Seiten)
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Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Brown, Ruth Harriet) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0162-3257 |
DOI | 10.1007/s10803-021-04986-x |
Schlagwörter | Emotional Response; Emotional Problems; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Personality Traits; Empathy; Preadolescents |
Abstract | Recent evidence suggests that, contrary to traditional views, empathy difficulties may not be a core feature of autism; but are rather due to co-occurring alexithymia. Empathy, alexithymia and autistic traits have yet to be examined concurrently in children. Therefore, we examined the co-occurrence of empathy difficulties and alexithymia in 59 typically developing and 5 autistic children. Multiple measures (self-report, parent-report and a behavioural task) were used to evaluate empathy and to assess differences in self- and parent-reports using multiple regressions. Alexithymia was found to predict empathy significantly better than autistic traits, providing support for the alexithymia hypothesis. From a therapeutic perspective, results suggest autistic children who screen positive for elevated alexithymic traits may benefit from additional support targeting emotion identification. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2024/1/01 |